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  • Disconnected helplines, undiagnosed HIV cases and unfinished classrooms: Ukraine counts the costs of USAID suspension

    02/19/2025 7:03:19 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 56 replies
    CNN World ^ | 2/17/25 | By Ivana Kottasová and Maria Kostenko, CNN
    Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly cut last month. The Ukrainian NGO gets all sorts of calls. Some come from military families who have just found out their loved one was killed on the frontline. Some are from injured veterans who are struggling to cope with their return to civilian life or need help navigating the bureaucracy.
  • Here’s why Trump wants to make Ukraine a US economic colony

    02/18/2025 4:39:57 PM PST · by USA-FRANCE · 54 replies
    Kyiv holds $15 trillion in natural resources which would help break the US’s dependence on China. The strategic significance of Ukraine’s mineral resources “cannot be overstated”, according to publicly-available Nato briefings. Its vast reserves span more than 100 metals across some 20,000 deposits, including several that have been identified as critically important by both the US and Europe.
  • Rubio: US looks for 'fair, sustainable' end to Russian war on Ukraine

    02/18/2025 1:57:52 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 23 replies
    VOA ^ | 2/18/2025 | Ken Bredemeier Chris Hannas
    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States is working toward a "fair" and "sustainable" solution to end Russia’s three-year war on Ukraine, but that both Moscow and Kyiv would have to make concessions to achieve peace. -snip- Rubio said he was "convinced" that Moscow was willing to engage in a "serious process" to end the war, which Russia started with a full-scale invasion of its neighbor three years ago next week. Lavrov had a similar upbeat view of the talks, saying, “We weren’t just listening to each other, but we heard each other. I have...
  • Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, says Lavrov

    02/18/2025 12:51:20 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 46 replies
    BBC News ^ | 18 February 2025 | Edited by Jacqueline Howard and Johanna Chisholm, with Tom Bateman reporting from Riyadh
    Along Ukraine's frontline, the war rages on. But global attention spanned thousands of miles away today, as representatives from Russia and the US met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to the conflict. Uninvited to those talks, and in Turkey instead, was Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. He made it known he won't accept a deal made about Ukraine without Ukraine's involvement, and that he wouldn't recognise parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia. Speaking after the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the talks "useful", but said any type of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine would be "completely unacceptable". Marco...
  • “A Rabid Animal Has Bitten Its Master“ (Zelensky)

    02/18/2025 4:01:38 AM PST · by hardspunned · 13 replies
    Zlatti71 ^ | 2/18/25 | Dmitry Medvedev
    Ukrainian drones have attacked a pumping station responsible for transporting oil through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). This is not a Russian asset; the oil in this pipeline is classified as international property, belonging in various proportions to multiple companies, primarily American and European. The pipeline transports oil from Kazakhstan’s major oil projects—Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan. In 2024, American businesses accounted for over 40% of CPC oil shipments, and together with other Western companies, their total share exceeded 65%. The neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv was well aware of this. And despite its extreme dependence on Washington, it deliberately struck American...
  • “You’re the Ally I’ve Been Waiting for All My Life” – Warmonger and Lapdog Lindsey Graham Declares His Unending Love for Zelensky in Ukraine

    02/15/2025 8:50:29 PM PST · by Kazan · 68 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 15, 2025 | by Jim Hoft
    US Senators, including Republicans Lindsey Graham (South Carolina), John Cornyn (Texas), and Thom Tillis (North Carolina), flew to Europe this week to pledge their support to Ukrainian tyrant Volodymyr Zelensky and his war with Russia.During one press gaggle, Lindsey opened up about his respect and admiration for the Ukrainian president.Senator Lindsey Graham: “You and your people. You’re the ally I’ve been hoping for all of my life. Not one American has died defending Ukraine. You’ve taken our weapons and you kicked their ass. And, I’m very proud to have you as our ally.”At least $100 billion of US Aid sent...
  • JD Vance just went scorched earth at the Munich Security Conference, blasting European leaders for free-speech violations 🔥

    02/14/2025 7:24:25 AM PST · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | February 14, 2025 | Staff
    Good morning from JD Vance! Nothing like waking up on a Friday to see your vice president delivering a smackdown to the holier-than-thou Eurotrash who are working overtime to turn their continent into a totalitarian state. 👇 JUST IN: Vice President JD Vance rips European leaders to their faces at the Munich security conference, calls them out for criminalizing free speech.🔥🔥Vance specifically called out the United Kingdom for being the worst of them all.“I wish I could say that this was a… pic.twitter.com/1bj9TKxP4q— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 14, 2025I look at Brussels, where EU commissars warn citizens that they intend...
  • Kremlin seeks clarification on US stance over potential troop deployment to Ukraine

    02/14/2025 7:41:33 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 42 replies
    Anadolu News Agency ^ | 2/14/2025 | Elena Teslova
    The Kremlin on Friday called for clarification on recent remarks by US Vice President JD Vance regarding the possible deployment of American troops to Ukraine and new anti-Russian sanctions, saying these statements introduce “new elements” in Washington’s position. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia expects further explanation during upcoming contacts with US officials. "We have not heard such formulations before, they have not been expressed previously," Peskov said. "Naturally, during the very contacts we discussed, we hope to receive further clarification." In an interview with the US media, Vance said the option of...
  • Biggest Threat to Europe’s Security Comes from Within, not from Russia — US Vice President

    02/14/2025 7:46:57 AM PST · by marshmallow · 26 replies
    TASS ^ | 2/14/25
    According to JD Vance, the Trump administration is very concerned about the state of European securityMUNICH, February 14. /TASS/. The United States believes that the biggest threat to Europe’s security is coming neither from Russia nor from China, but is inside Europe, US Vice President JD Vance said at the Munich Security Conference. "The Trump administration is very concerned about the state of European security, and we hope that we can reach a rational agreement between Russia and Ukraine," he said, adding that Europe should dramatically increase its defense spending in the coming years. "The threat that worries me the...
  • WSJ Mischaracterizes Vance Comments on Russia Ahead of Munich Security Conference

    02/14/2025 8:36:38 AM PST · by SoConPubbie · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 14 Feb 2025 | Oliver JJ Lane
    President Trump is looking forward to a fundamentally productive negotiation with Russia’s Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky, Vice President JD Vance has said, in comments mischaracterised by the Wall Street Journal as a threat of war.U.S. Vice President JD Vance is speaking at the Munich Security Conference — taking place just one day after what is said to have been a terror attack in the city — and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal before these engagements, Vance communicated President Donald Trump’s determination to make a peace deal in Ukraine and the incentives on...
  • It's easy to be a Ukrainian war hawk when you're playing poker with house money

    02/14/2025 7:37:56 AM PST · by Starman417 · 15 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 02-14-25 | DrJohn
    Donald Trump's peace plan for the Ukraine/Russia conflict is coming under fire from some entertaining quarters. There is, of course, the domestic whining from the likes of John Bolton, who said “I think we know exactly what's gonna happen. President Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin before the negotiations have even begun.” I asked Grok what Bolton's solution to the conflict and it said this: No Negotiations with Russia: At various times, Bolton has argued against negotiating with Russia from a position of anything less than strength. He believes that as long as the conflict can be won militarily, talks...
  • Vance Threatens Sanctions, U.S. Troops in Ukraine if Putin Rejects Peace Deal

    02/14/2025 6:59:55 AM PST · by USA-FRANCE · 75 replies
    Washington could impose tougher sanctions on Moscow and send U.S. troops to Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin fails to negotiate a Ukraine peace deal in good faith, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday. “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage,” Vance was quoted as saying. “I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people.”
  • Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal

    02/13/2025 8:43:19 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 89 replies
    Wall Street Journal MSN ^ | 2/13/2025 | Bojan Pancevski, Alexander Ward
    Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the U.S. would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv’s long-term independence. Vance said the option of sending U.S. troops to Ukraine if Moscow failed to negotiate in good faith remained “on the table,” striking a far tougher tone than did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who on Wednesday suggested the U.S. wouldn’t commit forces. “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage” the U.S. could use against Putin, Vance said....
  • Vance warns US will use sanctions, military action if Putin doesn’t agree to Ukraine peace deal: report

    02/14/2025 4:27:56 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 50 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/14/2025 | Bradford Betz
    Vice President JD Vance on Thursday reportedly warned that the U.S. wouldn’t rule out tough sanctions or even potential military action against Russia if President Vladimir Putin didn’t come to the negotiating table on a deal that would guarantee peace for Ukraine. In speaking with The Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report on Vance’s comments, the vice president said sending U.S. troops to Ukraine was "on the table" if Russia failed to negotiate in good faith. Vance said there are "economic tools of leverage [and] there are, of course, military tools of leverage" that the U.S. could...
  • Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels norma

    02/14/2025 4:01:00 AM PST · by hardspunned · 23 replies
    CNN ^ | 2/14/25 | Daria Tarasova-Markina, Tim Lister and Christian Edwards
    Chernobyl CNN — A Russian drone struck the destroyed nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The strike hit the concrete shelter that covers the plant’s destroyed former fourth power unit, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, he said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, said that its team at the site heard a large explosion shortly before 2 a.m. local time Friday (7 p.m. ET Thursday).